St. Paul daily globe., 1887-05-29

other is Lau Johnson, travelling sales
man for St.Paul house, who makes his
headquarters at the Windsor hotel.
They are of similar height and build.
and each has one of those charming red
mustaches that catch the girls. They are
both thoroughbred good fellows, and, al
though recently acquainted with each
other. are now constant companions.
A contract for building an engine
house on the West side was awarded by
the board of fire commissioners Monday
night to n. B. Rundel, the lowest bid
der. Some one wanted to know who
Rundel was, and Commissioner Parker
explained it thuswiSe: HE moved
from Eau Claire to Minneapolis eight
months ago, and put in the lowest bid
for building the engine houses at Mer-
riam Park and Hamline, and we knocked
him out because he was a Minneapolis
man. When we did that he closed his
shop up there and moved down to st.
Paul"
Over around the city hall they say
that when Bishop Ireland landed at
New York, on his return from a visit to
faces that beamed upon him were Pat
Kelly and Mike Dorap. After exchang-
ing the usual greeting, Mr. Kelly said:
"Well, bishop, you see we put the high
license bill through the legislature.
Mike and l went up and lent a helping
hand, and we got it passed by short
scratch" The bishop smiled and
thanked the gentlemen for their inter-
est in his pet scheme.
The Merchants hotel has base ball
battery. 1t is composed of the two
JohnS-JOhn Ford and John Dodge.
''It's this way" said John Ford, 1--WE
both like to see the game, and it's a
scramble who shall see the most. We
catch and he pitches. l am behind the
bat, as it we're, to-day, and he is
pitcher"
''He's pitcher?"
eyes, / have him in a box; see? Come
up and take dinner at my expense"
a. F. Morton is one of the most val
ued contributors tothe GLOBES cook
book. He has sent in a recipe for cal
cimining white walls to resemble a
costly quality of paper.
Tommy DanfOrth, who is training
here in st. Paul for his fight with
Tommy Warren, left his hotel few
or four suits of thick, heavy flannels
and his overcOat buttOned up to his
chin as he started out in the hot sun.
AS he passed couple of ladies he heard
one of them say, ''What a poor, con-
sumptive-looking man that is. How l
pity him.
The chamber of commerce report has
at last made its appearance. 1t is easy
enough to see now why Capt. Blakeley
wanted to keep it out of sight. Still it
is not so very bad after all for new
citizen of Duluth. The statistics are
selected from the daily st. Paul papers
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quite relief for the rest of the report.
Dick Warner says that the report that
he walked back from DeS MOines broke
is fabrication invented by Ramsey
Crooks. On the contrary he says he
made $4,000 on the st. Paul club at Des
MoineS and returned to this city in a
palace car with buffet.
When George Benz sent the chamber
of commerce an invitation to visit his
wholesale liquor establishment the
chamber referred the communication. on
Mr.. Murray's motion, to committee of
which ID. Il. Noyes is chairman. Mr..
he reached the establishment he found
the chamber there before him. Mr..
Noyes' report is discretely silent as to
what occurred there and as to how long
they all stayed.
1t is reported that Ramsey Crooks and
Fred DOty will be the battery for the
base ball game on Decoration day.
III. c. Donnelly, who has invented a
new electric motor air ship, is besieged
with applications by people who want to
take stock in it.
Horace Dunn has got onto real estate
snap that is likely to make him a mill
iOnaire.
Frank Fairchild says that fellow that
is walking the rope down on Seventh
street don't know his business.
1t is hard to make bad actoS o. a bad
cigar draw we'll without good deaf of